Beautiful Hangover

Sep 2, 20195 min read

How to Banish Your Inner Critic Without Using Alcohol

Melancholia, my old friend, threatens to swallow me, and I wonder if I should be on anti-depressants (again).

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Aug 4, 20195 min read

How I Stopped Using Wine as Self-Care and What I Do Instead

The evolution of looking after myself from the drunk years to my fourth year sober.

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Jul 16, 20196 min read

How To Survive A Wedding Sober

It’s a May wedding and I am so freshly sober that I don’t even know I’m getting sober.

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Jul 9, 20196 min read

What if Drinking is the Sane Choice?

And if so, how do you live in reality without alcohol? When I was six I found a pink and featherless baby bird that had fallen from its...

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Jun 23, 20196 min read

How a Writing Residency in the Arctic Forced Me to be Grateful

eighteen months sober, I arrived in the wilderness. September 2017 I travelled to Svalbard for a writing residency. For three weeks, we...

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Mar 8, 20198 min read

Can Nature Get You Sober?

Drinking cured my social anxiety short-term, but made it worse long-term. After finally quitting I found a more constructive source of...

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Jan 7, 20195 min read

Don’t We All Deserve a Treat?

“I can’t believe you didn’t even make it past Day Two,” Bea muttered. “It’s a beautiful day,” Kai said, squeezing her hand. “Don’t ruin...

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Jan 1, 20196 min read

My First Ever Dry January

I am trying to stop drinking, but alcohol won’t let me.

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